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they have thwarted efforts to sanction syria. they are assad's most important supporter. >> did join u.n. over the weekend. >> supported saying the u.n. that the aides need to be allowed to be delivered to the people. they haven't supported sanctions against the crimnality. they are supporting him and propping him up. they are capacitating him. >> you don't want troops to syria? >> i heard secretary rice make the argument that people that want to put boots on the ground. who is that? who has called for american troops in syria? i haven't heard a single policy maker say that. i don't understand how she can say that on the air and not be challenged. i have never heard anyone argue for american troops on the ground in syria. what i have heard especially early on in this conflict is let's equip the syrian rebels, the nonislamists because if we don't you will leave a vacuum. >> what about the deal with iran. six months they supposedly freeze their nuclear program, u.s. eases up together with ally some sanctions hoping there can be a r
they have thwarted efforts to sanction syria. they are assad's most important supporter. >> did join u.n. over the weekend. >> supported saying the u.n. that the aides need to be allowed to be delivered to the people. they haven't supported sanctions against the crimnality. they are supporting him and propping him up. they are capacitating him. >> you don't want troops to syria? >> i heard secretary rice make the argument that people that want to put boots on the ground....
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the horror for syria does not stop. punishing air raids by bashar al assad's forces on to the city of aleppo. two dozen people killed on monday. another 90 people killed over the weekend, ard coulding ccord another group. syria now operating at will. >> this must kethis is a challee to his authority and a very serious challenge to the future of the organization he has spent so much time trying to build. >> the group, the islamic stayed in iraq has been disowned by zawarhi's plan to lead his feet in syria, leaving the rogue group potentially even more dangerous. >> it's killed civilians, it's beheaded individuals, it's alienated a local population. this is a nightmare for the syrian oppositions. >> it's absolutely necessary to press for a negotiated political resolution to this conflict. there's no other alternative. >> but the united nations envoy is not helpful. >> about prisoners, kidnapped people, again, we haven't been able to do anything. >> also worrisome, the assad regime is weeks behind schedule in shipping chem
the horror for syria does not stop. punishing air raids by bashar al assad's forces on to the city of aleppo. two dozen people killed on monday. another 90 people killed over the weekend, ard coulding ccord another group. syria now operating at will. >> this must kethis is a challee to his authority and a very serious challenge to the future of the organization he has spent so much time trying to build. >> the group, the islamic stayed in iraq has been disowned by zawarhi's plan to...
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even al qaeda's leader has demanded isis leave syria. missing in the interrogation is any mention whatsoever of the assad regime. the only concern is the challenge posed by other opposition factions. who is erasing the slogans and symbols of isis on the walls, demanded the interrogator? i swear, i don't know as god as my witness who responds to this man. another interrogation, what were they saying about the islamic state? say the truth. save yourself. i'll speak the truth even if i lose my head, responds this man, who says he's called mustafa. all of these were found in the room of this man. activists describe him as an isis commander and intelligence officer. they found the abandoned video in january after he fled fighting between isis and other factions some of the clips and still shots show a young woman in the company of the man holding an ak-47 assault rifle. steady, he tells her, steady. clearly this was for this man and woman a private moment. so what happened to the interrogated man? it's not clear from the videos but one of the
even al qaeda's leader has demanded isis leave syria. missing in the interrogation is any mention whatsoever of the assad regime. the only concern is the challenge posed by other opposition factions. who is erasing the slogans and symbols of isis on the walls, demanded the interrogator? i swear, i don't know as god as my witness who responds to this man. another interrogation, what were they saying about the islamic state? say the truth. save yourself. i'll speak the truth even if i lose my...
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>> there's huge concern about syria right now. there's an estimation up to 2,000 western europeans who are fighting with syria many with al qaeda affiliated groups. the concern is they're getting trained there and they do return to europe and fly to the united states without a visa. a lot of scrutiny about this right now. >> there's a visa waiver program and that allows people from europe in certain cases to transit immediately to the u.s. without a visa. so if they get to europe, they can get here and we really have to have, and we do have, best in class intelligence capability. >> jane harman, thanks very much. paul cruickshank, thanks to you as well. >>> still ahead, tickets to the opening ceremony available at the last minute. what does it say about the sochi games? are fans staying away? and secretary of state john kerry's unique send-off for a member of team usa along with some advice for their stay in sochi. >> alex ovechkin, secretary of state. honestly? my kids were always on my laptop. i didn't think i could buy them the
>> there's huge concern about syria right now. there's an estimation up to 2,000 western europeans who are fighting with syria many with al qaeda affiliated groups. the concern is they're getting trained there and they do return to europe and fly to the united states without a visa. a lot of scrutiny about this right now. >> there's a visa waiver program and that allows people from europe in certain cases to transit immediately to the u.s. without a visa. so if they get to europe,...
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policy in syria. >> syria, today. >> reporter: senator john mccain recently called out the president for failing to stem the bloodshed. >> where is president obama who has said he refuses to accept that brutal tyrants can slaughter their people with impunity while the most powerful nation in the history of the world looks on and stands by? >> reporter: as peace talks stumble, so has the landmark agreement to remove syria's chemical weapons. it is now alarmingly behind schedule. all of syria's chemical weapons were supposed to be out of the country a week ago. cnn has learned that, as of now, syria has removed only 11%. -- notes that 5,000 syrians have died since the peace talks began. and state department officials accuse the syrian government of stepping up aerial bombing and using starvation as a weapon. the only solution to this is political but that's really an impossible task without russia's cooperation. you really wonder what leverage the u.s. has with the russians to get them back to the table with the syrians, to follow the terms of this chemical weapons deal. you know, they
policy in syria. >> syria, today. >> reporter: senator john mccain recently called out the president for failing to stem the bloodshed. >> where is president obama who has said he refuses to accept that brutal tyrants can slaughter their people with impunity while the most powerful nation in the history of the world looks on and stands by? >> reporter: as peace talks stumble, so has the landmark agreement to remove syria's chemical weapons. it is now alarmingly behind...
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the story behind a disturbing new image from syria. and a new warning that the country is a terrorist trainig ground posing a direct threat to the security of the united states. plus, is america ready for a woman to become president, as hillary clinton takes center stage, i'll ask a inform presidential candidate, congresswoman michele bachmann to explain her remarks suggesting voters aren't clamoring for a woman in the oval office. ben affleck is here in washington. we'll hear what he's telling the nation's power players and whether he's making a difference. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." an extraordinary image, powerful and heartbreaking, sent out by the united nations today. it shows countless residents of a devastated syrian city gathered as far as the eye can see waiting for food handouts. now as syria sinks deeper into chaos, there are growing concerns that terror groups there will export their violence and send their foreign fighters back home to attack the united states and other countries. cnn's chief nationa
the story behind a disturbing new image from syria. and a new warning that the country is a terrorist trainig ground posing a direct threat to the security of the united states. plus, is america ready for a woman to become president, as hillary clinton takes center stage, i'll ask a inform presidential candidate, congresswoman michele bachmann to explain her remarks suggesting voters aren't clamoring for a woman in the oval office. ben affleck is here in washington. we'll hear what he's telling...
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plans to launch inner strikes on syria when great britain did not. ultimately, obama decided not to strike but the move cost hollande political capital at home. one french reporter asked obama if he now considers france a better friend than britain. >> i have two daughters. and they are both gorgeous and wonderful and i would never choose between them. and that's how i feel about my outstanding european partners. >> reporter: many in france were outraged when a newspaper revealed the nsa had swept up 70 million records of french phone calls. last month obama assured allies of protection from nonu.s. citizens and both obama and hollande tried to put the issue to rest. >> translator: following the revelations that appeared due to mr. snowden, we clarified things. president obama and myself clarified things. then, this was in the past. >> but perhaps a sign that things weren't entirely in the past, wolf, a french reporter asked president obama if perhaps a no spying agreement that the u.s. has with the uk might be extended to france. this was shorthand
plans to launch inner strikes on syria when great britain did not. ultimately, obama decided not to strike but the move cost hollande political capital at home. one french reporter asked obama if he now considers france a better friend than britain. >> i have two daughters. and they are both gorgeous and wonderful and i would never choose between them. and that's how i feel about my outstanding european partners. >> reporter: many in france were outraged when a newspaper revealed...
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have gone to syria. no one is certain what has happened to them next. >> the greatest fear of western counterterrorism officials moving forward is that al qaeda affiliate in syria will prioritize launching attacks against the west. >> u.s. officials tell us these trains sites often move locations. it's made more complicated by the fact there is also online cybertraining, if you will, going on in syria. the middle of a really nasty war zone making it almost impossible for the u.s. to be entirely certain about the level of involvement of americans at this time. wolf? >> another major terror headache for the u.s. to worry about. barbara, thank you. >>> coming up, a rock star's shocking remarks about president obama, now a reluctant apology. but ted nugent doesn't stop there. we'll hear exactly what he had to say. that's coming up. >>> plus, will colorado's new marijuana money push other states to legalize pot? life could be hectic. as a working mom of two young boys angie's list saves me a lot of time. afte
have gone to syria. no one is certain what has happened to them next. >> the greatest fear of western counterterrorism officials moving forward is that al qaeda affiliate in syria will prioritize launching attacks against the west. >> u.s. officials tell us these trains sites often move locations. it's made more complicated by the fact there is also online cybertraining, if you will, going on in syria. the middle of a really nasty war zone making it almost impossible for the u.s. to...
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you have it with the violence in syria. you have so many areas where the u.s. and putin seem to be completely at odds. i think putin is playing a very dangerous game, but i think he cares deeply about ukraine. i think he's going to be unwilling to see it go off lightly toward the west, which is i think his fear. >> you planning on heading over there? >> oh, i wish i was there right now. i've got another obligation here in the next few days in the u.s., but i see these images, and i just want to be there both as a reporter and somebody of ukrainian origin. >> heartbreaking. we have more dramatic images coming up. nick kristof, as usual, thank you for joining us. >>> he's right in the middle of the conflict. he'll join us live from kiev. honestly? i wanted a smartphone that shoots great video. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors, and 4 mics that capture incredible sound. plus, it has apps like vine -- and free cloud
you have it with the violence in syria. you have so many areas where the u.s. and putin seem to be completely at odds. i think putin is playing a very dangerous game, but i think he cares deeply about ukraine. i think he's going to be unwilling to see it go off lightly toward the west, which is i think his fear. >> you planning on heading over there? >> oh, i wish i was there right now. i've got another obligation here in the next few days in the u.s., but i see these images, and i...
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has with russia, ukraine, syria, iran, even venezuela, is that kind of bad old days of a cold rivalry returning? >> i'm not sure we're going back to the cold war, but a much more complicated relationship than you had even four years ago. >> why is that? >> differences of opinion. for the united states, u.s. policy going back 20 years is aimed at seeing ukraine develop as a stable independent country that can choose its own course. and ukraine appears to want to draw closer to europe. for vladimir putin, that's a real problem. and you've then got that competition. >> it sounds to me that there's a potential here for some sort of ethnic civil war, ethnic russian ukrainians versus ethnic ukrainians. >> i've heard from people who have been on that maidan, on that square where you see the fighting going on. you hear a lot of ukrainian but you also hear a lot of russian. >> among the opposition. >> among the opposition. >> that's encouraging. >> 20 to 25% of the people have come from eastern ukraine which are traditionally seen as the pro-russian areas. what's going on in kiev is not the ea
has with russia, ukraine, syria, iran, even venezuela, is that kind of bad old days of a cold rivalry returning? >> i'm not sure we're going back to the cold war, but a much more complicated relationship than you had even four years ago. >> why is that? >> differences of opinion. for the united states, u.s. policy going back 20 years is aimed at seeing ukraine develop as a stable independent country that can choose its own course. and ukraine appears to want to draw closer to...
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these people in syria, they're just hungry, they're looking for food. and look at those lines that have -- i mean, this is heartbreaking to see what's going on right now. >> and we need to take the lead in doing something. we did in the balkans, as you know. we know how to do this, there are ways to do this. >> would you use air power? >> we would have the u.n. and nato and the united states, we used exclusion zones around sarajevo. >> except the russians will veto any such resolution from the u.n. security council. >> i think they've made some move toward humanitarian -- >> humanitarian, yes. >> well, use it. you cannot allow this -- it will spill over in much of the middle east, in jordan, in lebanon, israel is involved in all of this, the saudis are very much concerned. so this is where the leadership is what i'm talking about, and we need to get that. and our military guys that need to stand up and be counted here or what are the risks. and that concerns me, there are risks involved. >> general joulwan, thank you for coming in. >>> a river of ice de
these people in syria, they're just hungry, they're looking for food. and look at those lines that have -- i mean, this is heartbreaking to see what's going on right now. >> and we need to take the lead in doing something. we did in the balkans, as you know. we know how to do this, there are ways to do this. >> would you use air power? >> we would have the u.n. and nato and the united states, we used exclusion zones around sarajevo. >> except the russians will veto any...
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ahead. >> senator, you just talked about the president and the red line that he drew with regards to syria that you believe was blurred and do you believe that there's a cause and effect here with putin and the way he is behaving? >> i'm sure you saw the pictures of president putin and president obama sitting next to each other at their last meeting. >> yeah. >> the fact is that president putin does not have a great deal of respect for president obama. they do not -- they have a very chilly relationship. putin has made it clear many times he wants to restore the role of russia, which means the near abroad, the countries that i just mentioned, including maldova and the ukraine and the ukraine is the crown jewel of that. so when putin sees the president of the united states say we're going to act if they cross a red line and we don't and when he sees the president of the united states saying, tell vladimir that when i'm re-elected i'm going to be more flexible, when we are pushing the, quote, reset button, i think vladimir putin being the old kgb that he is, does not believe that there's a p
ahead. >> senator, you just talked about the president and the red line that he drew with regards to syria that you believe was blurred and do you believe that there's a cause and effect here with putin and the way he is behaving? >> i'm sure you saw the pictures of president putin and president obama sitting next to each other at their last meeting. >> yeah. >> the fact is that president putin does not have a great deal of respect for president obama. they do not --...
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there are important issues for the president to discuss, syria and iran. it does appear that foreign affairs seem to have been overshadowed by affairs of the heart. >> yep, certainly good point. thanks very much. >>> coming up two weeks after a snowstorm paralyzed atlanta and embarrassed government officials another round of wintry weather is descending in the southeast. will they be ready this time? juy the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ instead of paying too much for an ipad, i got the surface 2. first of all, it comes with office and outlook. then, with free skype calls to phones in over 60 countries, i can ta
there are important issues for the president to discuss, syria and iran. it does appear that foreign affairs seem to have been overshadowed by affairs of the heart. >> yep, certainly good point. thanks very much. >>> coming up two weeks after a snowstorm paralyzed atlanta and embarrassed government officials another round of wintry weather is descending in the southeast. will they be ready this time? juy the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea....
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>> with all of the hot spots that we cover, iran, syria, ukraine, ukraine was at the top of the list and the question that we've been discussing at the top of the list, what is russia going to do, are they going to take military action, will they invade? some participants called for military intervention in georgia. russia invaded georgia in 2008 under similar pretext. i noticed that that also happened around the 2008 olympics in beijing. another posting echoing the obama's administration argument that there's nothing in russia's intervention and national interest prevention and this is a show of sabre rattling. you saw jay carney there take a swipe at russia as well saying it's not in russia's interest to have people believe that the government is corrupt, illegitimate supported by russia saying, hey, we're not the obama bad potential bad actors here. >> and what happens in the ukraine remains to be seen. >> absolutely. >> thanks very much, jim sciutto for that. >>> up next, is a u.s. supreme court justice mailing it in? jeffrey toobin is here to explain why he's suggesting that the
>> with all of the hot spots that we cover, iran, syria, ukraine, ukraine was at the top of the list and the question that we've been discussing at the top of the list, what is russia going to do, are they going to take military action, will they invade? some participants called for military intervention in georgia. russia invaded georgia in 2008 under similar pretext. i noticed that that also happened around the 2008 olympics in beijing. another posting echoing the obama's administration...
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and right now they're standing arm in arm with assad and syria. most of the world is wishing he'd go away. i mean, russia is not our best friend in terms of the politics of on the world stage. and for that reason among others i think we have to recognize that we have not a military foe, not an enemy, but a nation that seems intent on pushing back against the united states and opposing us, whether it's the united nations or in other places in the world where there is conflict. and -- but at this stage, given the fact they have the olympics and given the fact that we have athletes and spectators there, we'd hoped they'd put those kinds of political issues aside and collaborate entirely and fully so we can understand the extent of this threat and we can take corrective action as necessary. >> we're going to get back to the breaking news in a few moments. we've got more guests coming up. our roeeporters are on the scen. but while i have you, it's been on the minds of folks the past weeks, would you consider running for president a third time in 2016?
and right now they're standing arm in arm with assad and syria. most of the world is wishing he'd go away. i mean, russia is not our best friend in terms of the politics of on the world stage. and for that reason among others i think we have to recognize that we have not a military foe, not an enemy, but a nation that seems intent on pushing back against the united states and opposing us, whether it's the united nations or in other places in the world where there is conflict. and -- but at this...
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look at the violence in kiev and syria and iraq and the iranians trying to get a nuclear weapon. look at the 100 plus nuclear weapons that we have in pakistan. look at the chinese nuclear arsenal. this is not some u.s. senator just setting a wild speech to please the left. this is the secretary of state of the united states of america at an international forum saying that the greatest threat is global climate change during a year, by the way, in which his facts were just wrong. he had a whole series of statements that were false. i think it is, again, fine for u.s. senators because there are 100 of them. the secretary of state ought to be held to a standard of seriousness that this speech falls short of. >> check your record. all of us remember nancy pelosi video that the two of you were sitting on the stage. back in 2007 you appear with then-senator john kerry and spoke about global climate change. and the two of you had this exchange. >> we don't always see eye to eye, do we, newt? >> no. but we do agree our country must take action to address climate change. >> that was the fi
look at the violence in kiev and syria and iraq and the iranians trying to get a nuclear weapon. look at the 100 plus nuclear weapons that we have in pakistan. look at the chinese nuclear arsenal. this is not some u.s. senator just setting a wild speech to please the left. this is the secretary of state of the united states of america at an international forum saying that the greatest threat is global climate change during a year, by the way, in which his facts were just wrong. he had a whole...